Improvement in attaching shoes to sleigh-runners



e. Bunn & en, DAVED,

"Improvement in Attaching Shoes to Sleigh Runners.

` PatentedApril 16;'18712;

, the same.

UNITED :STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT BUDD AND GABRIEL T. DAVED, OF PHILLIPSPORT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHING- SHOES TO SLElGH-RUNNERS.

Speciication forming part ofLetters Patent No. 125,718, dated April 16,1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Attaching Shoes toSleigh-Runners, invented by GILBERT BUDD and GABRIEL T. DAVED, ofPhillipsport, in the county of Sullivan and State ot' Naw York.

This invention consists in constructing the main portion of the shoewith oblique tenons to t into corresponding mort-ises in the under sidesof the runner.

The main portion of the shoe may be made in two or more parts, connectedby oblique V- shaped joints, and secured firmly in position by the frontpart of the shoe or hanger, as it is technically termed; or' the mainpart ofthe shoe may be made in one piece.

In the accompanying sheet of drawing, Figure l is a side View ot asleigh-runner, partly in section, as indicated by the line ma', Fig. 2,and having, a shoe applied to it according to my invention. Fig. 2 is`an inverted plan of Fig. 3. is a detail cross-section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

A represents a sleigh-runner, and B B B" a shoe composed of three parts.The rear parts B B comprise the shoe proper, the front part Bl beingtechnicallytermed the hanger. The rear parts B B are each formed withtwo oblique or inclined tenons, a a, at their upper sides, and thesetenons tit into corresponding mortises, b, in the under side of therunner, and the abutting ends of the parts B B are made to form aV-shaped dovetail, c, as shown in Fig. 2, and inclined, as shown inFig. 1. The abutting ends of B and B are similarly locked together, andB is secured to the runner by bolts and screws d, either or both; or themain parts B B' of the shoe may be made in one piece, and provided withtwo tenons.

It will be seen that the parts B B are secured to the runner without theaid of bolts or screws, and will be firmly secured in position, as theycannot move in any direction; and they may be readily detached, whenevernecessary, by unscrewing or nnbolting the hanger B".

The main parts B B of the shoe, whether made in one or more pieces, ismade with a tongue, b', running along the center yof its upper side,which enters a groove in the center of the under side of the runner tostrengthen the shoe against side movement.

By this construction neither the shoe nor runner will be weakened bybolt-holes. There will be no bolt-heads to wear oii, and the wearingsurface of the shoe will be perfectly smooth. This constructionstrengthens both the shoe and runner, and enables the shoe to be easilyl scribed.

` GILBERT BUDD. Witnesses: GABRIEL '.I. DAVED.

A. S. EIOEENBERG, ELIAS BUDD.

